Hi guys.

Recently I bought this notebook:

Asus x555lf

Intel® Core™ i5
6GB DDR3L 1600 MHz SDRAM
Tela 15.6" 16:9 HD (1366x768)
NVIDIA® GeForce® 930M com 2GB DDR3
1TB 5400 RPM
Drive Óptico Super-Multi DVD
Leitor de cartão 3 em 1 ( SD/ SDHC/ SDXC)
VGA Web Câmera
Wifi Integrado 802.11 b/g/n
Bluetooth™ V4.0 (Opcional)
10/100/1000 Base T
1 x porta VGA/Mini D-sub de 15-pinos
2 x porta(s) USB 3.0
1 x COMBO audio jack
1 x porta(s) USB 2.0
1 x RJ45 para LAN
1 x HDMI
1 x SD card reader
Audio SonicMaster

I installed Slackware 14.2 x64 - but I made a very custom installation (I like it)

I looked package by package and I removed what I think it's not necessary.

My system is very basic, without graphic interface

I was heading to compile kernel with hardware drivers above

I was reading Mastering Embedded Linux Programming because has a chapter about Kernel.

And I was looking the brazilian portuguese guide 'focalinux' (http://www.guiafoca.org/)

So then, came this doubt:

What is better:

Remove the unecessary packages (to me) after a full installation and recompile kernel with the drivers?

or

install a customized slackware, very basic and recompile kernel with the drivers?

I wish a 'slim' Slackware and all my hardware drivers updated in a recompiled kernel.

I'm beginner in this customization...

What you think?


Thanks in advance


Samuel

It does not matter. You can reconfigure and rebuild your kernel any time. In case you remove a needed driver the software using that device will stop working, until you add the driver back.

As a general rule we prefer to provide support for full installations of Slackware. A full installation will have everything working for you out of the box with all dependencies met(you'll have all the tools you need to recompile software). You have a terabyte drive so hard drive space is not an issue.

In practical terms, there's not going to be much difference aside from the disk space taken up by the package history.
Go for it. Break stuff. Pull it apart. If you're prepared to learn, you will be able to put it back together again.

Slackware is probably the best distro to use if that's what you want to do. It's easily the most robust and tweakable.

If you have the space, run two separate installations. Keep one stock and use the other one for experimenting. That way you'll always have a system which runs, regardless of what you do to the other one.

I think just need to hear this

Thank you all guys!